Sentence examples for composer means from inspiring English sources

Being a freelance composer means that sometimes there are several exciting projects which come in at the same time.

One could argue that the authenticity of those emotions is the most important element of any performance style, that serving the composer means going beyond simply replicating the outlines of what was done in his day to find ways of bringing his emotions, authentically, to our own.

The composer meant it to be played with the curtain lowered.

For instance, I never understood why Vicky's marriage to the composer meant the end of her career.

Ravel's war horse "Tzigane," programmed as if to reassure the audience that the composer meant no harm with the Sonata in G, began with flair but descended into a muddle before ending in a train wreck.

The country was furiously founding orchestras, concert halls, and conservatories, and the question had been raised more and more urgently: "Where are the American composers?" The only response appeared to be another question - and a boggling one: "What does 'American composer' mean?" The whole notion of a professional composer was new.

No composer meant more to Harold Arlen than George Gershwin.

"The genius of the great composers means – sorry – but you've missed out..

The oft-bemoaned stasis of classical-music programming, and its outsized reliance upon works by a very small group of white male composers, means that music by composers of color rarely makes it into the concert hall or the opera house.

But the Beethoven symphonic imperative that hung over and intimidated his fellow composers meant nothing to Chopin.

The American Classical Orchestra was one of the first to use authentic early instruments, reproducing the sound that 18th-century composers meant to be heard.